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Cleco Corp. is nearly through with restoring electricity to residences that can take power after an ice storm caused 31,000 of its customers to lose power, the Pineville power company said Friday night.

The company will restore power to camps and a few remaining customers on Saturday and to homes that sustained damage from the storm when it is safe, Cleco said in a news release.

"We had a good but challenging day," said Anthony Bunting, vice president of transmission and distribution operations. ...